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1 (No Model.) 1 Y O. B. BURROUGHS. GUSHIONED HORSESHOE.

Ne. 590,513. Patented se t. 21,1897.

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CHARLES E. BURROUGHS, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO JOSEPHA. REED AND ALFRED M. TRUE, OF SAME PLACE.

CUSHIONED HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,513, datedSeptember 21, 1897.

Application filed June 14, 1897. Serial'No. 640,691. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. BUR- Ro'UGHs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the shoeproperly attached. Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of theshoe-body. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the elastic or cushion tread.Fig. 4 is a detached view of the retaining-bar. Fig. 5 is a sectionalview through line as as,

Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a transverse section showing the arrangement of thedifferent parts.

Fig. 7 is a detached view of oneof the screws. Fig. 8 is a view showingthe retaining-bar properly attached, also showing the cushiontreadproperly located.

The present invention has relation to horseshoes known as cushionedshoes; and it consists in the different parts and combination of partshereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawrugs.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the metal portion of theshoe, which is provided with the nail-apertures a and the screw-threadedapertures 11, said apertures being located and arranged at the toe andheels, respectively, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The body A is providedwith the downwardlyrofectin flan e cwhich flan e is locatedp C) h 7 23and arranged as illustrated in the drawings and is for the purposehereinafter described.

In use the bodyA is attached to the horses hoof in the ordinary manner,after which the tread B is placed upon'the under side of the body A, asillustrated in Figs. 1 and 6. The elastic tread B is provided with theflange cl, which flange is formed integral with the tread B, by whicharrangement the tread is L-shaped in cross-section, as illustrated inFig. (5. The tread B is formed of a thickness so that it will extend ashort distance below the bottom of the flange c, by which arrangementthe horse receives the full benefit of the elasticity contained in thetread B. After the tread B has been placed in the position illustratedin Fig. 1 the retaining-bar O is placed upon the under side of theflange d, formed upon the tread B, and said bar securely held in properposition by means of the retaining-screws d.

The binding-bar O is formed of a shape to correspond substantially withthe shape of the body A and is placed in the position illustrated in thedrawings to securely hold the 6 tread B. For the purpose of providing asufficient amount of metal to securely hold the retaining-screws cl thebosses d are provided on the body A, which bosses are locatedsubstantially as illustrated in the drawings and over which theretaining-bar C is placed, said bosses 61 being formed of such athickness that when the retaining-bar O is brought into proper positionit will securely bind the tread B. The bosses (2 should be set in ashort distance, so that the tread B can be placed in proper positionwithout interfering with said bosses. The flange 0 should be slightlycurved, as illustrated in Fig. 6,'so that it will assist in holding thetread B in proper position.

It will be understood that the tread B is to be composed of rubber orlike material, by which arrangement a cushioned shoe is provided.

It will be understood that many modifications of my invention can bemade without departing from the true nature of it.

Having fully described rnyinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letgo ters Patent, is

l. The combination of the metal portion A, provided with thenail-apertures alocated through said metal portion near its outer edge,and the screw-threaded apertures b 10- cated at the toe and heelsrespectively, and the downwardly-projecting curved flange c, the elastictread B provided with the flange (Z located upon the under side of thebody A and against the curved flange c, the bindingbar 0, located uponthe under side of the flange d and against the downward-projectedge, andthe screw-threaded apertures 10- cated at the toe and heelsrespectively, and the downwardly-projecting clamping-flange c, theelastic tread B provided with the flange cl, located upon the under sideof the bodyA and in contact with the flange c, the bindingbar 0 locatedupon the under side of the flange d, and the retaining-screws d,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES E. BURROUGHS.

lVitnesses:

LoUIs D. PAAR, DANIEL PAAR.

